Money-transmitting order-sheet.



W. A. McADAMS.

MONEY TRANSMITTING ORDER SHEET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2, 1910.

1,16%,939. Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

fi ineavea COLUMBIA PLANOu'RAPH cm. WASHINGTON. D- c.

MONEY-TRANSMITTING ORDER-SHEET.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1915.

Application filed September 2, 1910. Serial No. 580,211.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. MoADAMs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Bayshore, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Money-Transmitting @rder-Sheet, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a money transmitting order sheet with the object in view of providing simple and inexpensive means for holding either coins of various sizes and thicknesses or paper money securely in position within an envelop for transmittal through the mail and at the same time and without further increase in number of parts or complications, provide an address label for the sending of goods and a voucher for the goods sent.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a face view of the transmitting sheet before folding; Fig. 2 is a reverse or back view of the same, showing coins in position on one half section of the sheet; Fig. 3 shows the sheet folded with the coins inclosed between the folds; Fig. 4: shows one of the folded half sections separated from its companion; Fig. 5 shows the other half section, and Fig. 6 shows a package of goods with the address section shown in Fig. 4 attached to it.

The transmitting sheet is formed of cardboard or what is commonly called pasteboard and is conveniently oblong in shape and of such size that when folded, as shown in Fig. 3, it may be placed in an ordinary envelop of commercial size. The size may, however, be varied at pleasure as experience may demand. One section of the sheet, preferably a half section, is denoted by 1 and contains on its face, lines for writing the address of the party who is transmitting the money and to whomthe goods are to be returned. The other half section, denoted by 2, contains on its face, lines which sub divide the surface into portions for indicating the goods wanted and their prices and also for the signature of the purchaser.

The reverse side of the sheet, shown in Fig. 2,'is covered with a film of mucilage or other suitable adhesive material and may contain printed matter of an advertising nature and instructions for the correct use of the sheet. This reverse side also has lines indicating certain portions, denoted by 3 and at, where the surface may be moistened to cause the two parts to adhere when folded when it is desired to transmit a folded piece of paper money, for instance, a dollar bill, and while holding the bill against displacement affording an opening 5 for the insertion of a paper cutter or the like to separate the folds to remove the bill at the point of destination.

In practical use, suppose the purchaser wishes to send for five yards of ribbon advertised at six cents a yard. Three dimes, denoted by 6, 7 and 8, may be moistened'on both sides and placed, as shown in Fig. 2, and the section 1 may then be folded over onto section 2, inclosing the coins between the folds as shown in Fig. 3. Either before or after inclosing the coins, the purchaser may write his or her name and post oflice address on the face of section 1 and the order for goods and their price on the face of section 2 and sign the order. The folded sheet may then be placed in a suitable envelop and addressed to the merchant. The merchant on receipt of the letter, opens it, notices the order and the money to pay for the goods. tears the sheet in halves, attaches section 1 to the package containing the goods ordered and retains section 2 as his memorandum of goods sold.

The reservation, denoted by 9, on the face of section 1, is for the attaching of a stamp, in the event a merchant desires to use the sheet to transmit a sample of goods, and without inclosing the sheet in an outer envelop.

The thickness of the sheet is intended to be such that coins will not be readily felt when inclosed between the folds, and the extended gummed surface provides for holding one or several coins in position between the folds where they will not be liable to escape into the outer envelop and thence, as often happens, through unsealed openings into the mail bag or receptacle. The transmitting sheets may be furnished at a very low price and serve as a very convenient and expeditious means of making small purchases by mail orders.

The section 1 may be subdivided by a line of perforations 10, so that a sub-section 11 may be retained, if so desired, the sub-section 11 being adapted to receive on its face any instructions which the sender may desire to give the merchant, such, for example, 'als Please hasten or Send in sealed package, etc. r

VVhat'I claim is:

A money transmittingv sheet having one face gummed and an indicated line for foldingthe sheet to bring the gummed surfaces into'elose proximity to the opposite sides of a coin Whatever be the; position of the J coin between the said gummed surfaces, the

said sheet lmvingone of its fielded sections {ziro ide'd with an address blank on the face oppositethe ginnmed surfiaceand'with a line indicmting'where the address blankseetion Ooflis'bi this patent" may he obtained for may be severed from the sheet, and also an order blank, whereby goods maybe ordered, coins for the payment of the goods held securely position between the folded parts of the sheet and an address card supplied for sending the goods.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name, in presemee'oftw o Witnesses, this thirtieth day of August, 1910.

VVIL'LIAM A. MOADAMS.

Ijl Gnome BARRY, HENRY G. THEME.

fiv'e cents eaeh', by addressing: the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0." 

